Deafness and Mental Health

John C. Denmark, FRCPsych, is Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the John Denmark Unit, Mental Health Services of Salford NHS Trust (formerly Prestwich Hospital). He was the first to develop psychiatric services for deaf people in the United Kingdom.

Acknowledgements. Foreword by Roy McClelland. Introduction. Disability. 1. Psychological, Sociological, and Cultural Aspects of Deafness. Introduction. Preverbal Profound Deafness. Deaf People with Disabilities. The Education of Deaf Children. Children of Deaf Parents. Post-Lingual Deafness. 2. Those Who are Both Deaf and Blind. Deaf/Blind People Who are Born Normally Sighted and with Normal Hearing. 3. Children Who Do Not Speak. Introduction. Causes of Failure to Speak. 4. Psychiatry for Deaf People: Clinical Aspects. Introduction. The Phenomenology of Mental Disorder in Deaf People. Pitfalls in the Psychiatric and Psychological Assessment of Deaf People. The Psychiatric Assessment Itself. The Method of Approach to the Psychiatric Assessment of Deaf People. 5. Psychiatry for Deaf People: Service Aspects. Historical Background. The Present State of Services. A Department of Psychiatry for Deaf People. Staffing. Facilities. 6. Mental Health Legislation and Deaf People. The Mental Health Act 1983. The Court of Protection. Advocacy. 7. Crime and Deaf People. Introduction. Crimes Against Deaf People. 8. Social Work with Deaf People. The Role of the Social Worker with Deaf People. Epilogue. Bibliography. Appendices. Glossary.